Date:	Friday 10 September 1954
Time:	day
Type:	English Electric Canberra B Mk 6
Owner/operator:	101 Sqn RAF
Registration:	WJ765
MSN:	71273
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire (EGXB)
Destination airport:	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire (EGXB)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
EE Canberra B.2 WJ765: Delivered 4/6/54. RAF Service was with 101 Squadron only.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10/09/1954: Engine flamed out and undercarriage jammed 'up' on landing, belly landed at RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire. All three crew survived unhurt.

Crew of Canberra WJ765
Squadron Leader W. D. ROBERTSON (Service Number 146902, pilot) - Commanding Officer of 101 Squadron RAF
Flying Officer G.A.P. CHAMBERLAIN (navigator)
Flying Officer T. W. HOWE (Service Number 2506973, navigator/plotter)

Struck off charge 03/11/1954 as Cat.5(G/I): to Ground instructional use as 7158M at 10 School of Technical Training (10 SoTT) at RAF Kirkham. Transferred to RAF Melksham 31/12/1957 when Kirkham closed.

Re-classified as Cat.5(c) 04/09/1959. Scrapped at No.33 MU Lyneham 1961 after component recovery

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.162 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p.62)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.88
4. 101 Squadron Operational Record Book (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for September 1954: File AIR 27/2448/101 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8421156
5. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs#1954
6. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=989
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WJ

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Jun-2008 09:38	JINX	Added
17-Jun-2008 10:36	JINX	Updated
09-Apr-2013 01:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn]
09-Apr-2013 01:44	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Apr-2013 22:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
03-Jun-2015 07:21	Weeks	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
22-Apr-2020 00:15	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
22-Apr-2020 00:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type]
22-Apr-2020 00:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Source]
22-Apr-2020 09:35	AlLach	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator]